Clothes-horse and hall-tree.



M. A. ROBERTSON. CLOTHES-HORSE AND HALL TREE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, I915 Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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MARTHA A. ROBERTSON. OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CLOTHES-HORSE AND HALL-TREE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed June 18, 1915. Serial No. 34,890.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARTHA A. ROBERT- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Horses and Hall-Trees, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates the provision of a clothes rack which can be conveniently used as a clothes horse for supporting and drying clothes, or used in the nature of a hall tree to support coats, hats or other wearing apparel.

The invention contemplates among other features the provision of a post carried on a suitable base, with cross pieces removably carried by the post and which when arranged thereon, provide a clothes horse, said cross pieces being adapted to be suitably arranged when not in use so that the device can be used in the manner of the usual hall rack or tree.

Other objects will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same residing in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this application like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention showing the de vice used as a clothes horse. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the structure partly collapsed.

Referring more particularly to the views, I provide a post 10 which is carried on a suitable base 11, consisting of a series of outwardly extending legs 12 having their inner or upper ends secured to the post an appreciable distance above the lower end thereof, the bottom of the post spaced from the floor by the legs 12. Suitable braces 13 are provided to extend horizontally from the post and aid in securing the legs 12 rigidly with respect thereto. The post is provided with a series of horizontal openings 14 through which pass a series of clothes holders 15 in the nature of rods, both ends of each holder projecting a considerable distance beyond the post so that clothes can be conveniently hung upon the holders to dry, or for any other purpose. The upper end of the post carries a suitable top 16, on the under side of which a series of hooks 17 are .adapted to be attached, and the post also supports a rectangular member 18 immediately adjacent the point of connection of the legs 12 with the post, the lower end of the post having secured thereto and supporting a suitable receptacle 19.

Now when the device is used for drying clothes the various holders 15 are arranged upon the post as shown in Fig. 1, the holders being preferably slightly tapered toward one one so that they can be readily inserted through the openings 14 and when half way through the openings will frictionally bind with the post to secure the holders against wabbling. Vhen the device is to be used as a hall tree the holders are adapted to be removed and arranged in an upright position, with their lower ends xtending into and supported by the receptacle 19, the rectangular member 19 securing the holders about the post and between the legs 12. The receptacle 19 and the member 18 both afford a convenient means for supporting an umbrella, which particularly if it is wet, will be held in an upright position so that the drippings from the umbrella will be received in the receptacle 19.

I make use of a pair of arms 21 pivotally connected at their inner and upper ends to the opposite sides of the post adjacent the upper end thereof as clearly illustrated, whereby the arms are supported for vertical swinging movement. The holders 15 are extended through the openings in the post in the same direction, and the holders 23 adapted to be passed through suitable openings 24 in the arms 21 disposed in parallelism with the holders 15. Connected to the under side of each arm is a brace 21 having the free end thereof adapted to engage the side of the post to support the arms alined in horizontal position when the device is used for drying clothes, but when the device is to be used as a hall tree, the arms 21 are permitted to fold against the opposite sides of the post, subsequent to the removal of the holders 23 as will be readily understood.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the device described is of simple construction, that it can be readily converted from a clothes supporting and drying rack to a hall tree, the member 18 and receptacle 19 affording a suitable means for supporting the holders When they are not in use and also providing a means for supporting wet umbrellas and the like.

What is claimed is:-

A device of the class described comprisadapted to be extended to horizontal posi tic-n for use, brace rods pivotally associated with SitlClflllllS and adapted to engage "apertures 1n said post to support said arms in extended position, a series of holders removably associated with said arms, and means for supporting said holders in juxtaposition to the post when not in use.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTHA A. ROBERTSON. Witnesses I v JAMES H. MCVEY,

AURORA DAVIS.

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